Building construction



Maur. 27, W23. 1,449,540

H. B. NEWTON BUILDING CONS TRUCT ION Filed Dec. l5, 1919 Patented Mar;

vends of two blocks.

' 'i fran-Dine c oNs'risiiil Toall wihomz'fmay, Be it knownthat I, HERBERT B. NEw'roN,

a citizen of the United States,v residing`i- ,t;jfv Brookline, in the' county of Norfolk' and State of Massachusetts,` have invented an"l Improvement in Building. Constructions, 'of

` shank lportionll, and LtheLenl'ar,i 1,;ed iblock- .engaging end-portions 12 yhaving the aperl vtureslftlierein, formed by reiiexing the ends o fjtherod into, preferably, substantiallyfcircular form.; or the tielrod'is formed *with-eyes' fas Tits-endfportions which lie in which the following isaspecification.y j

My present inventionrelates to bi'iildii'ig;A construction employing molded 'building blocks or bricks adapted to form a vyall structure comprisingan outer lwall of blocks and an inner. wall ofiblocks `separatedby an air space land has more specific reference g to a molded block anda tie-rod for connect!" other forms.'

ing or tieng in the two walls An object of my inventlon'is a tie-rod having engaging means with the` blocks comthe tie-rodand, consequently, each block 10 prising the outer and inner Walls that is simple and' inexpensive 'in construction; that has a relatively great bearing surface in the blocks; that admits of being cemented in place in the blocks to form, "in eect, a unit structure; and that serves also to tie together the adjacent blocks ina course.

A furtherv object of/my inventionY is. a-

molded block having'tiefrod receiving portions, vand, more specifically,A 'having complementary end portions which, when the blocks are laid in a course, cooperate to form tie-rod receiving portions in .which the tierod will be received to tie in'the'outer land inner walls and also the cooperating blocks.

The building block herein shown may be formed-in the mold set-forth'in my copending application filed December v13, A19 19,

Serial' No. 344,571.

Fig. 1 is a `plan view of a Wall structure lhaving an outer and aninner Wall embody.`

inmyinvention.

ig. 2 is a sectional elevation ofa portion of the wall structure along :line 242 of` Fig. 1. o Fig.3 is a perspective view of two blocks of a course illustrating the tie-rod receiving recess formed in the end of a block and the complete tie-rod recess formed by the complementary lrecesses in the proximat Fig. 4 is a side elevation of a moldedblock formed in accordance with my invention.

Fig, 5 is a tie-rod embodylng my invention. R si'here shown, the molded'jbloclt10ein#V bodying 'my invention is preferably rectangular in form although it may be otherw'ig'e shaped.- The blocks arelaid in courses-to f' walls; and also f5 the-` adjacent 'blocks of a fc'ourse, is formed of ,a rodofsuitablej,dimen-V sionsf-andl comprisesv` the.V intermediate or` the same.y plane. It is obvious, however, that theend, .portions ofthe tie-rod may vassume The vblocks'are formed with suitable recesses thereinV lto Areceive the end-portions of 'i vis formed at each end lwith a semi-cylindrical recess 14 therein which extends'preferably tothe middle/of the end faces thereof "and terminates in agstep` 15 which'is substanywidth of the cylindrical recesses 14 therein andextend therefrom to the same side face blocks cooperate to form a channel in which the body orshank ofthe tie-rod is received. The blocks are so laid to form the walls a and b that the joints between the blocks in the outer and inner wallscome opposite each other or in line; or at least those blocks be tween which thetieJ rods are to `be extended yare'so, arranged, and the tie-rods are placed in .position Awith'the end-portion 12 thereof iny the recesses 14e between adjacent blocks, therebyto tie inv the outer andv inner walls and also to ,tie in the adjacent blocks of the courses. l .l

After the tie-rods are in place and before the next course ofblocks are laid, the recesses .tHe-blocks Vabove the tie-rods are filledwithmortar or-cement thereby to seal in the "rodst',` `'Dliecengient `flows into the eyes oraperturestiof'the tie-rod and vunites with the block'. at the bottom of the recesses-as well aswith the' side walls of the recesses above'the `tie-rods, thereby most effectively seating in the tie-rods'. The .circularI re -'v extend to the' middle of the blocks of* the block; and saidV recesses 16 of adj acent,

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1. A building block, having each of itsj. end abutting faces formed for substantially' half the height of such face with a semicircular hollow which opens thru the top of the block and thru such face, that portion of the block from said hollow to the` inner face of the block having a rectangularl channel communicating with said hollow and of material less dimension than said' hollow lon itudinallypf said block, whereby with two locks in abutting relation there is formed a circular hollow having a reduced channel leading to one face of'the blocks for the reception of cernentitious l material.

2. A wall construction comprising spaced tiers of blocks, thev1 abutting. edges of the blocks of one tier being opposite the abuttingvedges of the blocks of the other tier, the abutting edges of any two blocks of one tier being-together formed with a recess -opening thru the upper surfaces of the cks and extended down into the blocks Vfor substantially half the height of the blocks and spaced from the relatively inner surfaces thereof and with relatively narrow channels extending from said recesses to said inner faces, combinedwith metallic members fitting in said opposed recesses of: the wall, extending thru and fitting said,

channels and from` one tier of blocks toA the opposed tier.

3. Awall construction having spaced tiers of blocks, the vertical meeting-faces of adjoiningblocks being ada ted to register and formed in each fvacewit channels adapted when the blocks Lar'eiin re istry to provide an interlockinA recess for t e'reception of a cement-itious lilling, said channels extended downwardly from the top faces of the block for substantially one ha f of the height of the block, anda metallic tie member having circular end-lockingp'ortions fitting in the opposed interlockin recesses of the respective tiers beneath saidffilling and adapted to unite the blocks atvtheir middle portions thru their vertical end faces.

4. A wall construction having spaced tiers 0f-blocks, the vertical meeting faces of adjoining blecks being adapted to register and formed-y in each face with channels adapted whe'nthe blocks are in registryA to provide an interlocking recess for the reception of a cementitious filling, said interlocking 'recess extended downwardly from from the top faces ofthe blocks forsubstantiallyvone halfof'the height of the blocks, and a metallic tie member having circular endilocking portionslfitting in the opposed interlocking recesses of the respective .tiers beneath said filling and adapted to unite the blocks at their middle portions thru their vertical end faces, said tie member having an opening in the part adapted toseat insaid recesses, whereby to cause the filling to interlock with said tie member.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specifica-tion.

v yHERBERT B. NEWTON. Witnessi H. B. DAVIS. 

